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Farabi
الفارابي ar فارابی fa
10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
- Dated c. 870 CE – 951 CE
- Also called Alpharabius, Abu Nasr al-Farabi, Alfarabi
Overview
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Affiliation
As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
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Connections
Documented influence 8
- was influenced by Aristotle Greek philosopher
- was influenced by Plato 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
- was influenced by Plotinus
- influenced Albertus Magnus German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
- influenced Avempace Arab Andalusian polymath (c. 1085 – 1138)
- influenced Averroes Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
- influenced Avicenna Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
- influenced Moshe ben Maimon Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
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